ANA’s first B787 Dreamliner aircraft has left the paint hangar, sporting a special launch livery and featuring 264 seats in a two-class economy and business class configuration.
The aircraft was unveiled at Boeing’s factory close to Seattle on Friday, and is set to be delivered to ANA in September. It features a short-haul configuration with 252 seats in economy and 12 in business class, and will initially operate on a charter international flight between Tokyo and Hong Kong, before being rostered onto domestic routes from Tokyo Haneda to either Okayama or Hiroshima.
As reported by businesstraveller.com last month, the launch aircraft features a special livery “signifying the core element’s of ANA’s service brand – innovation, uniqueness and the inspiration of Japan”.
The carrier will also offer a regional configuration on later deliveries, featuring 180 seats in economy and 42 in business class, and a long-haul version with 112 economy seats and 46 fully-flat staggered business class seats.
Respected aviation news website flightglobal.com was at the unveiling of the aircraft, and posted the videos above to YouTube, including a walk through of the aircraft, and a demonstration of the Dreamliner’s dimmable windows.
For more information visit boeing.com, or click here to visit ANA’s “We Fly 1st” Dreamliner microsite.
Report by Mark Caswell
The carrier will also offer a regional configuration on later deliveries, featuring 180 seats in economy and 42 in business class, and a long-haul version with 112 economy seats and 46 fully-flat staggered business class seats.
Respected aviation news website flightglobal.com was at the unveiling of the aircraft, and posted the videos above to YouTube, including a walk through of the aircraft, and a demonstration of the Dreamliner’s dimmable windows.
For more information visit boeing.com, or click here to visit ANA’s “We Fly 1st” Dreamliner microsite.
Report by Mark Caswell 
